Nehemiah 11:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to live in other cities.

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  • Isa 48:2 : 2 For they call themselves citizens of the holy city and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.
  • Neh 11:18 : 18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
  • Neh 10:34 : 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to the houses of our fathers, at the times appointed year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
  • Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
  • Matt 4:5 : 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,
  • Matt 27:53 : 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
  • Acts 1:24 : 24 And they prayed and said, You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses, 9 and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.
  • Josh 18:10 : 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land among the children of Israel according to their divisions.
  • Judg 20:9-9 : 9 But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it; 10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly they have committed in Israel.
  • 1 Chr 26:13 : 13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
  • Neh 7:4-5 : 4 Now the city was large and spacious, but the people were few in it, and the houses were not built. 5 And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up at the first and found written in it,
  • Ps 122:5 : 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 11:2-4
    3 verses
    85%

    2And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to live at Jerusalem.

    3Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his own possession, in their cities, namely, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

    4And at Jerusalem lived some of the children of Judah and some of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

  • 1 Chr 9:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

    3And in Jerusalem lived the children of Judah, the children of Benjamin, the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh.

  • Neh 11:20
    74%

    20And the rest of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

  • Ezra 2:70
    73%

    70So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

  • Neh 7:4
    71%

    4Now the city was large and spacious, but the people were few in it, and the houses were not built.

  • Ezra 3:1
    71%

    1And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one person to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 26:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

    14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

  • 1 Chr 24:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5Thus, they were divided by lot, one group with another, for the leaders of the sanctuary and the leaders of the house of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.

    6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chiefs of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

    7Now the first lot came to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

  • Neh 7:73
    70%

    73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

  • 1 Chr 6:65
    70%

    65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

  • Ezra 1:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4And whoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

    5Then the leaders of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, with all those whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 25:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8And they cast lots, division against division, from the small to the great, the teacher as well as the student.

    9Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, he, his brethren, and sons were twelve:

  • Josh 21:9
    69%

    9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name,

  • Obad 1:11
    69%

    11In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were as one of them.

  • Neh 10:34
    69%

    34And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to the houses of our fathers, at the times appointed year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

  • 1 Chr 9:34
    69%

    34These chief ancestors of the Levites, chief throughout their generations, lived in Jerusalem.

  • Josh 21:4
    69%

    4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

  • 1 Chr 8:28
    69%

    28These were leaders of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 13:11
    69%

    11So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why has the house of God been forsaken? And I gathered them together and placed them in their stations.

  • Josh 18:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5They shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.

    6You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

  • Ezra 10:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7And they issued a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather at Jerusalem;

    8and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, all his property would be forfeited, and he himself would be separated from the congregation of those who had been carried away.

    9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    69%

    4Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

  • Neh 11:36
    69%

    36And of the Levites were divisions in Judah and in Benjamin.

  • Ezra 9:1
    68%

    1Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
    68%

    8Moreover, in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
    68%

    31These likewise cast lots alongside their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers alongside their younger brothers.

  • Josh 12:10
    68%

    10The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

  • 2 Chr 31:19
    68%

    19Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every separate city, the men who were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

  • 2 Chr 23:5
    68%

    5And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

  • Zech 14:11
    68%

    11And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

  • Josh 18:10
    68%

    10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land among the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Judg 20:9
    68%

    9But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it;

  • Isa 34:17
    68%

    17And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it forever, from generation to generation they shall dwell therein.

  • 2 Chr 23:2
    68%

    2And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    68%

    7Then David lived in the stronghold; therefore, they called it the city of David.

  • Neh 10:14
    68%

    14The leaders of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

  • Neh 12:40
    68%

    40So the two companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I, and half of the rulers with me,

  • Ezra 7:15
    67%

    15And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

  • 1 Chr 11:4
    67%

    4Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.